Sewing-machine work-basket



(ModeL) J. LE R. PARKINSON.

SEWING MAGHINE WORK BASKET.

No. 252,695. Patented Jan. 24,1882.

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i .NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LE BOY PARKINSON, OF CAMBRA, WISCONSIN.

SEWlNG-MACHINE WORK-BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patents No. 252,695, dated January 24, 1852 Application filed May 5, 1881. (Model) a cross-section of the same, having a portion v broken away.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding paris.

The basket or work-recep tacle A, which may be of any size and made of any suitable material, is Secured by screws or any other suitable means to the inside of the board or wing B,.which board or wing is provided at its 'upper and lower corners with the pert'orated metal.

platcs au', through which the headed screw rod or bolt b passes for hinging the board to the under side of the table, as shown in the drawings. The end of the board or wing is cutaway or gutter'ed out, so as to inclose and conceal the bolt b when in place, (or a hole might be made through the wing for this purpos'e,)` and the end of the bolt screws into the plate c, which is Secured in proper position to the under side of the table D of the sewing-machine. The lower edge of the board is supported on the lower end of the peri'orated 35 When the device `sg-attached to machines 5 already made which have side drawers I provide the side plate or brace, e, for giving the board additional support and. strength. In new machines I propose to have a brace cast upon one of the legs of the machine for sup- 50 porting the wing.

Though I have shown no lock or catch for fastening the wing when closed, it is obvious that these devices Ina-y be provided and not depart from the spirit of my invention. I 5

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I The board or wing B, provided with the receptacles A and E, and provided with the per- 60 forated corner-plates c a', in combination' with the bracket U, screw-plate c, and screw bolt or rod b, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JOSEPH LE BOY PARKINSON. Witnesses:

R. E. JoNEs, 0. C. WILLIAMs. 

